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1. Brain Cells Derived From Skin Cells For Huntington's Research
   According to a study published in the journal Cell Stem Cell, researchers have successfully created neurons that exhibit the effects of Huntington's disease (HD) by using stem cells derived from skin cells. At present, there is no cure for the disease and no treatments are available. These findings open up the possibility of testing treatments for the deadly disorder in a petri dish...
2. Regulation Of Telomerase In Stem Cells And Cancer Cells
   Scientists at the Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics in Freiburg have gained important insights for stem cell research which are also applicable to human tumours and could lead to the development of new treatments...
3. New Cancer Stem Cell Mechanism Identified
   Scientists at Queen Mary, University of London have uncovered a link between two genes which shows how stem cells could develop into cancer. The research, published in the online journal PLoS ONE, found a novel mechanism which could be the catalyst for stem cells changing into a tumour...
4. Patient-Derived Stem Cells Successfully Transplant Into Mice With Muscular Dystrophy
   Stem cells from patients with a rare form of muscular dystrophy have been successfully transplanted into mice affected by the same form of dystrophy, according to a new study published in Science Translational Medicine...
5. Transplant Of Stem Cells May Beat Back Type 1 Diabetes
   University of British Columbia scientists, in collaboration with an industry partner, have successfully reversed diabetes in mice using stem cells, paving the way for a breakthrough treatment for a disease that affects nearly one in four Canadians...
6. Huntington's Research Tool Developed Using Stem Cells
   New "disease in a dish" model offers step forward in understanding fatal inherited disorder and ways to test therapies for it Cedars-Sinai scientists have joined with expert colleagues around the globe in using stem cells to develop a laboratory model for Huntington's disease, allowing researchers for the first time to test directly on human cells potential treatments for th...
7. Future Hearing Loss Therapies May Be Impacted By Stem Cell Transplantation Into Mouse Cochlea
   Researchers in Japan who evaluated the risks and efficacy of transplanting two varieties of stem cells into mouse cochlea have concluded that both adult-derived induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells and mouse embryonic stem (ES) cells demonstrate similar survival and neural differentiation capabilities...
8. Magnet Helps Target Transplanted Iron-Loaded Cells To Key Areas Of Heart
   Optimal stem cell therapy delivery to damaged areas of the heart after myocardial infarction has been hampered by inefficient homing of cells to the damaged site. However, using rat models, researchers in France have used a magnet to guide cells loaded with iron oxide nanoparticles to key sites, enhancing the myocardial retention of intravascularly delivered endothelial progenitor cells...
9. Stem Cell Breakthrough Significant For Degenerative Diseases
   Researchers in Israel have achieved a significant global milestone in stem cell technology: they have created the first human embryonic stem cell (hESC) lines that are free of animal contamination and whose production complies with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP)...
10. Metformin Shows Promise For Pancreatic Cancer Patients
    According to the results of some preclinical trials, low doses of metformin, an antidiabetic drug, may effectively eliminate cancer stem cells, a group of cells believed to be responsible for tumor initiation, as well as tumor relapse, given that these cells are resistant to standard chemotherapies...